væta kverkarnar
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From væta (“to make wet”) + kverkarnar (“the throat”).
Verb
[edit]- (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) to wet one's whistle, to drink something, to quench one's thirst
Usage notes
[edit]Can be used to refer to ingesting any type of liquid (water, soda, etc.), but is also often used specifically to refer to having alcohol.